While very little is known about Michael Bay’s new Transformers: The Last Knight movie in terms of plot, it seems that at least in some ways, the director is interested in taking the franchise back to its roots.
If you’re familiar with the old Transformers: The Animated Series from 1984, you might remember Onslaught as the sneaky leader of the evil Combaticons, which in turn were a group of Decepticons loyal to Megatron.
In the cartoon world, the character also used to transform into a large truck, though it looked mostly like a large military vehicle of sorts as opposed to something more utilitarian like what they’re going with in the movie.
You could almost say that he’s been made to look a little like a so-called “reverse-Optimus Prime”, which does sort of make sense in a couple of good ways that may or may not end up being related to the plot.
What we do know is that Onslaught will be joining the all-new Barricade as the two already-teased bad guys in the new Transformers movie, where they might get to do battle with two other previously-teased characters in Drift and Bumblebee.
Michael Bay tweeted this picture while stating “Nothing can prepare you for Onslaught”. Hopefully that means his role in the movie will be a substantial one.
